Kenzie
Masculine · “Short form of Mackenzie”
Kenzie is given to girls far more often — 21,391 girls against 483 boys since 1880. See Kenzie as a girl name
Kenzie entered the US charts in 1918, peaked at #3066 in 1951, is rarely given in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Kenzie?
Kenzie first appears in US birth records in 1918 — 107 years ago. The typical Kenzie alive today was born around 1997, making them about 28 years old. About 400 people named Kenzie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kenzie most popular?
Kenzie peaked in 1951, reaching #3066 nationally. See the whole 1951 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Coinneach to Kenzie
The story of Kenzie
The Mackenzies were a Highland clan seated at Kintail in Wester Ross, and their surname is the anglicized Mac Coinnich, "son of Coinneach." Scottish emigration carried the name across the Atlantic in large numbers, where — as happened with Cameron, Logan and Mackenzie itself — a clan surname was gradually taken up as a first name. Kenzie is the clipped form of that first name, and in American records it has been given overwhelmingly to girls. Its rise here is recent enough that most bearers are still young, and it is now easing back from its high point rather than climbing.
Meaning
Short form of Mackenzie, from Gaelic Mac Coinnich, "son of Coinneach" — Coinneach meaning "comely, handsome, fair"
One wrinkle worth knowing: English long used Kenneth to render two different Gaelic names, Coinneach and Cináed ("born of fire"), so Kenzie is sometimes glossed with the fire meaning. The Mackenzie line runs through Coinneach.
How the name formed
- Coinneach
- Mac Coinnich
- Mackenzie
- McKenzie
- Kenzie
Related forms: Mac Coinnich · Mackenzie · McKenzie · Mac Coinnigh · Kenzi · Kenzy
Pronouncing Kenzie
KEN-zee
Stress on the first syllable, with a clear z. The pronunciation is settled in English and rarely needs correcting; only the spelling does.
Nicknames for Kenzie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1918
- Most boys named
- 200518 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3066reached in 1951
- Change vs 2023
- −30.0%7 in 2024, from 10
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kenzie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Mac Coinnich in Scottish Gaelic — related form
- Mackenzie in English — related form
- McKenzie in English — spelling variant
- Mac Coinnigh in Irish — related form
- Kenzi in English — spelling variant
- Kenzy in English — spelling variant
Kenzies among us
people named Kenzie are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Kenzie sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
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Frequently asked
- How many Kenzies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Kenzie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kenzie in 2025?
- Kenzie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Kenzie with classmates?
- Kenzie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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